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VOCABULARY UNIT 8Mrs. Frazee
PENSIVE
The child sat by herself, looking pensive. Rainy days often put her in a pensive
mood.
PENSIVE
Adjective meditative, solemn, musingly or
dreamily thoughtful suggestive of sad thoughtfulness
Synonyms: dreamy, pondering, preoccupied, reflecting, serious, thinking, withdrawn
Antonyms: ignorant, shallow
PREROGATIVE
If you'd rather sell the tickets than use them, that's your prerogative .
It's a writer's prerogative to decide the fate of her characters.
PREROGATIVE
Noun an exclusive or special right, power, or
privilege: as (1) : one belonging to an office or an official body (2) : one belonging to a person, group, or class of individuals (3) : one possessed by a nation as an attribute of sovereignty
Right, Privilege
Synonyms: advantage, authority, birthright, immunity, liberty, sanction, title
Antonyms: Obligation, duty
CASTE
He was from a higher caste. The King is a member of the upper
caste.
CASTE
Noun Social Class a division of society based on differences
of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race, the position conferred by caste standing : prestige
Synonyms: cultural level, degree, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, social order, status
AFFLICTION
She lost her sight and is now learning to live with her affliction.
He died from a mysterious affliction.
AFFLICTION Noun hurt condition; something that causes hurt the cause of persistent pain or distress great suffering
Synonyms: depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, misery, misfortune, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, trouble
Antonyms: aid, comfort, consolation, help, relief
APPRECIABLE
THE INJURED WOMAN LOST AN APPRECIABLE AMOUNT OF BLOOD BEFORE THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED.
APPRECIABLE Adjective Sufficient to be noticed or
measured
Synonyms: perceptible, detectable, considerable
Antonyms: slight, trivial, inconsequential
BLASPHEMY
GALILEO WAS ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY FOR ASSERTING THAT THE SUN, AND NOT THE EARTH, IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
BLASPHEMY
Noun An act, utterance, or writing
showing contempt for something sacred
Synonyms: curse, profanity, sacrilege
Antonyms: reverence, devotion, respect
BRAWNY
IN ARTHURIAN LEGEND, ONE BRAWNY KNIGHT AFTER ANOTHER TRIES TO PULL THE SWORD EXCALIBUR FROM THE STONE, BUT NO ONE SUCCEEDS.
BRAWNY
Adjective Strong, muscular
Synonyms: broad-shouldered, strapping, husky, burly
Antonyms: slight, frail, delicate, puny
WILY
THE FUR TRAPPERS OF COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA WERE KNOWN TO BE WILY TRADERS.
WILY
Adjective Sly, shrewd, cunning
Synonyms: clever, tricky, artful, cagey Antonyms: dull-witted, dense,
straightforward
CURMUDGEON
THE OLD MAN WHO LIVED ON THE CORNER WAS WIDELY VIEWED AS A CURMUDGEON WHO NEVER HAD ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT HIS NEIGHBORS.
CURMUDGEON
Noun A bad tempered or surly person
Synonyms: cranky, grouch, fusser, sourpuss Antonyms: optimist, Pollyanna, happy-camper
BUOYANT
WE WERE WEARY AND ANXIOUS TO GET HOME, BUT OUR FRIEND’S BUOYANT SPIRITS KEPT US GOING.
BUOYANT Adjective Able to float easily; able to hold
things up; cheerful, hopeful
Synonyms: lighthearted, animated Antonyms: downcast, depressed,
gloomy
ENRICHED ENGLISH
SYNTHETIC
SOMETIMES ONLY A JEWELER CAN DETECT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EXPENSIVE SYNTHETIC GEM AND A NATURAL STONE.
NYLON, RAYON, AND POLYESTER ARE ALL SYNTHETICS THAT HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY.
SYNTHETIC
Adjective Made or put together by people; Noun Something artificial
Synonym: (adj.) artificial Antonyms: (adj.) natural, genuine
VINDICATE
THOUGH THE ACCUSED WAS VINDICATED IN THE END, HIS CAREER WAS ALL BUT RUINED BY THE ALLEGATIONS.
VINDICATE
Verb To clear from hint or charge of
wrongdoing; to defend successfully against opposition; to justify
Synonyms: advocate, exonerate, acquit
Antonyms: convict, condemn
ELUSIVE
The truth may prove elusive. The giant squid is one of the ocean's most
elusive inhabitants. But for all their influence, D.C. lobbyists
have failed to attain one elusive goal: public respect.
ELUSIVE Adjective tending to elude: evasive, mysterious tending to evade grasp or pursuit hard to comprehend or define: hard to
isolate or identify
Synonyms: ambiguous, baffling, difficult to catch, imponderable, incomprehensible, intangible, misleading, puzzling, shifty, shy, slippery
Antonyms: attracting, confronting, encountering, enticing, facing, inviting
RUDIMENTARY
THOUGH SHE HAD READ SEVERAL BOOKS ON QUANTUM PHYSICS, SHE STILL HAD ONLY A RUDIMENTARY GRASP ON THE SUBJECT.
RUDIMENTARY Adjective Involving or limited to basic
principles; Immature, undeveloped, or basic.
Synonyms: elementary, basic, primitive, primary
Antonyms: : additional, advanced, developed, extra, nonessential
SUBVERSIVE
THE UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT CIRCULATED SUBVERSIVE PAMPHLETS THAT CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT.
THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS ENACTED IN 1798 GAVE THE U.S. PRESIDENT THE POWER TO DEPORT ANY NONCITIZEN DEEMED SUBVERSIVE.
SUBVERSIVE
Adjective Intended to undermine or overthrow Noun One who advocates or attempts to undermine a
political system
Synonyms: (adj.)treasonous, traitor (n.) a revolutionary
Antonyms: (adj.) patriotic, loyal, true-blue
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